À toute épreuve
Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Publisher: Gérald Cramer, Geneva, 1958
Printer: text: Fequet and Baudier, Paris, woodcuts: Atelier Lacourière and Frélaut, Paris (Jacques Frélaut, Jamie Herrera), typography: Fon
Author: Paul Éluard (French, 1895-1952)
Date: 1958
Dimensions:
slipcase: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (337 x 267 x 42mm)
chemise: 13 x 10 1/4 in. (330 x 260mm)
book: 13 x 10 1/4 in. (330 x 260mm)
page: 12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (321 x 247mm)
Medium: Original prints: 80 woodcuts (some with collagraph, some with collage, and some pasted in), incl. 74 printed in colors
Text: letterpress in black and gray (typeface: Didot)
Paper: Arches ivory wove paper, watermarked
Binding: Levant morocco leather with inlaid calf and tooled lines.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1980.1338
Label Text:Regarded "one of the most triumphant feats of book illusrtation in over a century." Miro spent ten years creating the 233 woodblocks for the illustrations. In A TOUTE EPREUVE (loosely translated "Ready for any thing"), each page presents a delightfully imaginative intermingling of words and image. The spectacular binding on this copy is by Pierre Lucien Martin, one of the most outstanding French book binding designers.
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